Sunday October 14, 2012, 3:04 pm
Until people start shunning those who act this way, they will keep making the money, laughing all the way to the bank, and they will continue on in their sordid behaviour. As with so much in the world, people keep supporting that which is not doing well by them, this is one of the easier places to start. Don't buy his music or go to the concerts.

Monday October 15, 2012, 7:27 am
Battered? I see a skull. Try it: cover the other half of the face and look only at the "battered" half. There's a hole in the place of the nose, and the "bruised eye" is just an empty socket. Combined with a few decorative lines, it reminds me of sugar skulls of the Day of the Dead. (Nevertheless, it's a rather tasteless tat and could have been designed better.)

Monday October 15, 2012, 7:54 am
Ok, here's an explanation of what it's supposed to be:
http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/09/11/chris-brown-tattoo-rihanna/
"Chris Brown’s new tattoo is not an image of Rihanna or an abused woman, his publicist told EW. It’s a MAC cosmetics design of a skull associated with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead.
Tattoo artist Peter Koskela said Brown brought him the design, below, to convert into a tattoo."
See the article for the original design.